Unveil the Past
The Watergate Museum's events offer a unique opportunity to engage with history. Join us to explore the nuances of Watergate history and its lasting impact on American civic life. Check out our current schedule below. More events will be added soon.
3/26/2025
The Stories Behind the Watergate Comple- A Conversation With Joseph Rodota and Scott Simon
The Watergate Museum is hosting a special discussion with Joseph Rodota, author of The Watergate: Inside America's Most Famous Address. The book, published in 2018, chronicles the history of the Watergate complex from its conception in 1960 in the offices of the Italian construction company Società Generale Immobiliare to its present place in the registry of historic landmarks - through a mix of history, finance, and high-level political gossip. Joe will be sharing anecdotes from his interviews and research on the book. Scott Simon (NPR Host and Watergate resident) will be moderating the discussion.
This event is sold out
4/9/2025
A First-hand Account of the Design and Construction of the Watergate Complex
The Watergate Museum will host a Zoom discussion with Adrian Sheppard, the principal design assistant in the early 1960s on the Watergate Complex project for Studio Moretti in Rome. An architect prepared at the Yale School of Architecture and professor emeritus of architecture at McGill University, he will present his reflections on the history and significance of the architectural and urban planning aspects of the Complex. Joining him will be engineer (and long-time Watergate East resident) Stacie O. Condrell and Warren J. Cox, co-founder of the Washington architectural firm of Hartman-Cox and member of the Museum’s Advisory Council. Historian and Watergate East resident Jim Banner will moderate the discussion.
Registration is required. Please register at the following link:
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Note that the session will be recorded.
5/20/2025
Moretti and Timchenko: Artists of the Built and Natural Environment
Edward A. Eigen (Senior Lecturer in the History of Landscape and Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design) and T. Corey Brennan (Professor, Department of Classics, Rutgers University) will discuss the structural and landscape dimensions of the Watergate Complex’s architect, Luigi Moretti and landscape architect, Boris Timchenko, and how they altered DC’s skyline and natural venues as well as buildings and sites beyond the capital city. Scott Simon (NPR Host and Watergate resident) will be moderating the discussion. Registration information coming soon.
Future Events in the Planning Stages Include:
A speaker series that will consist of interviews with key Watergate crisis figures, as well as with people knowledgeable about the creation and significance on architecture and urban and landscape planning and design of the Watergate’s principal creative artists: architect Luigi Moretti and landscape artist Boris Timchenko.
A “Watergate Portraits” art exhibit. The exhibit will feature 72 portraits painted by New York artist Laurie Munn as part of the 40th anniversary of the Watergate break-in. The portraits highlight key figures associated with the Watergate crisis and American politics of the 1970’s